1894

January 1

• Birth of Iván Petrovich Novi Sad Serbia; actor (Magician, Garden of Allah). [1]

January 2

• Birth of Robert Nathan New York City, New York, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie). [1]

January 4

• Birth of Wesley La Violette composer. [1]

January 7

• Birth of Jose Rozo Contreras composer. [1]

January 9

• Birth of Henryk Stazewski Polish abstract painter/graphic artist. [1]

January 10

• Birth of Reginald Denham London England, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed). [1]

January 11

• Birth of Jaroslav Vogel composer. [1]

January 12

• Birth of Billy Gilbert Louisville Kentucky; actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio). [1]

January 15

• Birth of Edmond Rubbens Belgian attorney/minister of colonization. [1]

January 16

• Birth of Guy Chamberlin early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Saint Louis Cardinals). [1]

January 18

• Birth of Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff Dutch parapsychologist. [1]

January 20

• Birth of Harold L Gray creator (Little Orphan Annie). [1]
• Birth of Walter Hamor Piston Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis). [1]

January 22

• Birth of Charles Morgan England, writer (Fountain). [1]
• Birth of Matt McHugh Pennsylvania; actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast, Innocent Affair). [1]

January 23

• Birth of Remy Angenot Flemish actor (Patriot/Idiot). [1]

January 27

• Birth of Fritz Pollard early black NFL star (1920-26). [1]

January 30

• Birth of Boris III tsar of Bulgaria (1918-43). [1]
• Birth of Marcel Canneel Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet). [1]

January 31

• Birth of Percy Helton New York; actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men). [1]

February 3

• Birth of Juan Negrín Prime Minister of the Spanish Republic (1936-39). [1]
• Birth of Norman Rockwell US, artist/illustrator (Saturday Evening Post covers). [1]

February 8

• Birth of Ludwig Marcuse German philosopher. [1]

February 10

• Birth of Roy D'Arcy San Francisco California; actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies). [1]
• Birth of [Maurice] Harold MacMillan London, (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1957-63). [1]

February 11

• Birth of Alfonso Leng composer. [1]
• Birth of Isaac M Kolthoff chemist (Massenanalyse). [1]

February 12

• Birth of Hans Guido von Bülow German conductor. [1]

February 14

• Birth of Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Illinois, "Oh! Rochester!". [1]

February 15

• Birth of Oswaldo Aranha Brazil, lawyer/statesman (first President of United Nations). [1]

February 19

• Birth of Herb Pennock hall of fame pitcher (New York Yankees, 243 career win). [1]

February 22

• Birth of Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach composer. [1]

February 25

• Birth of Ernst Friedrich Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!). [1]
• Birth of Howard Wendell Poland; actor (4 Skulls of Jonathan Drake). [1]

February 27

• Birth of Robert-Lucien Siohan composer. [1]

March 2

• Birth of Renaat Veremans Flemish composer/conductor. [1]

March 5

• Birth of Henry Daniell London; actor (Camille, Philadelphia Story, Body Snatchers). [1]

March 8

• Birth of Wäinö V Aaltonen Finnish sculptor. [1]

March 14

• Birth of Josef Schelb composer. [1]

March 15

• Birth of Slava Vorlova composer. [1]

March 17

• Birth of Paul Green US, novelist/playwright (In Abraham's Bosom). [1]

March 19

• Birth of Jackie "Moms" Mabley Brevard South Carolina, comedienne (Merv Griffin Show). [1]

March 25

• Birth of Erik William Gustav Leidzen composer. [1]

March 26

• Birth of Will Wright San Francisco California; actor (Living Christ Story). [1]

March 30

• Birth of Sergei Ilyushin Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin). [1]

April 2

• Birth of Rudolph P Cleveringa Dutch anti-nazi lawyer. [1]
• Birth of Walter Mittelholzer Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air). [1]

April 3

• Birth of Dooley Wilson Tyler Texas; actor (Bill-Beulah, Sam-Casablanca). [1]

April 7

• Birth of Gerald Brenan English writer. [1]

April 9

• Birth of Ernest Kanitz composer. [1]

April 10

• Birth of Ben Nicholson English painter/sculptor (Circle). [1]

April 12

• Birth of Francisco H Craveiro Lopes Portuguese General/President (1951-58). [1]

April 13

• Birth of Ludvig Irgens Jensen composer. [1]

April 15

• Birth of Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith Empress of Blues (over 200 songs). [1]

April 17

• Birth of Nikita S Khrushchev first Secretary USSR (1953-64). [1]

April 20

• Birth of Martinus Nijhoff poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling). [1]

April 23

• Birth of Basil Sydney Saint Osyth Essex England; actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife). [1]
• Birth of George Renevant Paris France; actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X). [1]

April 27

• Birth of Nicolas Slonimsky composer. [1]

April 29

• Birth of Paul Hörbiger Budapest Hungary; actor (Liebelei). [1]

May 5

• Birth of Kit Guard Denmark; actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous). [1]

May 6

• Birth of Filip Lazar composer. [1]

May 10

• Birth of Dimitri Tiomkin Russia, composer (Academy Award 1954-High and Mighty). [1]

May 11

• Birth of Anton A Mussert Dutch Nazi leader (NSB). [1]
• Birth of Florimond Cornellie Belgium, yachting (Olympics-gold-1920). [1]
• Birth of Martha Graham Allegheny Pennsylvania, choreographer (Appalachian Spring). [1]

May 12

• Birth of Cleo Ridgely New York City, New York, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama, The Love Mask). [1]

May 15

• Birth of Jean Renoir French director (La Béte Humane) [or Sept 15]. [1]

May 20

• Birth of Adela Rogers Saint John journalist/author (Foreign Correspondent). [1]

May 25

• Birth of Dirk Vansina Flemish playwright (Verschaeve Gives Evidence). [1]

May 27

• Birth of Dashiell Hammett Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon). [1]
• Birth of Louis-Ferdinand Céline France, novelist (Journey to End of Night). [1]

May 28

• Birth of Sammy White Rhode Island; actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off). [1]

May 29

• Birth of Beatrice Lillie Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 Days). [1]
• Birth of Josef von Sternberg Austrian director (Der blaue Engel). [1]

May 30

• Birth of Hubertus J van Mook Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45). [1]

May 31

• Birth of Fred Allen Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show). [1]

June 2

• Birth of Erich Römer Germany, ice hockey player (Olympic-bronze-1932). [1]

June 13

• Birth of Mark van Doren Illinois, author (The Happy Critic). [1]

June 15

• Birth of Robert Russell Bennett Kansas City, composer/arranger (Oklahoma!). [1]

June 20

• Birth of George Delacorte New York City, philanthropist/publisher (Dell Books). [1]

June 23

• Birth of Alfred Kinsey entomologist/sexologist (Kinsey Report). [1]
• Birth of Duke of Windsor [King Edward VIII of England] (briefly in 1936). [1]

June 25

• Birth of Hermann Oberth Germany, founded modern astronautics. [1]

June 26

• Birth of Bill Wirges Buffalo New York, orchestra leader (Growing Paynes). [1]

June 28

• Birth of Lois Wilson Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family). [1]

July 2

• Birth of Walter Brennan Swampscott Massachusetts; actor (Real McCoys). [1]

July 4

• Birth of Henry Carlson basketball coach (originated figure 8 play). [1]

July 13

• Birth of Isaak Babel Russian short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary). [1]

July 18

• Birth of Bernard Wagenaar Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for the Chinese). [1]

July 23

• Birth of Arthur Treacher Brighton England, announcer (Merv Griffin Show). [1]

July 25

• Birth of Walter Brennan Swampscott Massachusetts, actress (Real McCoys, At Gun Point). [1]

July 26

• Birth of Aldous Huxley England, author (Brave New World). [1]

July 31

• Birth of Roy Bargy Michigan, orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show). [1]

August 3

• Birth of Harry Heilmann San Francisco California, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit). [1]

August 16

• Birth of George Meany New York City, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO). [1]

August 24

• Birth of Jean Rhys West Indies, writer (Voyage in the Dark). [1]

August 27

• Birth of Charles Meredith Knoxville Pennsylvania; actor (Court of Last Resort). [1]

September 12

• Birth of Billy Gilbert Louisville Kentucky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday). [1]

September 13

• Birth of J(ohn) B(oynton) Priestly author (Good Companions)/wed Jessica Hawkes. [1]

September 15

• Birth of Jean Renoir cinéaste (Grand Illusion). [1]

October 4

• Birth of Cliff Hall Brooklyn New York; actor (Crime Photographer). [1]

October 12

• Birth of Dr Charles Hodge California, NYU professor (Answers for Americans). [1]

October 14

• Birth of Heinrich Lübke in Enkhausen, Germany; President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959-1969). [37]
• Birth of E.E. Cummings Cambridge Massachusetts, poet (Tulips and Chimneys). [1]

October 26

• Birth of John S Knight West Virginia, publisher (Knight-Rider). [1]

November 5

• Birth of Eugen Zador Bataszek, Hungary, Hungarian/American composer (Diana). [1]

November 23

• Birth of Ture Persson Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912). [1]

November 26

• Birth of Norbert Wiener US, mathematician/discovered cybernetics. [1]

November 28

• Birth of Brooks Atkinson drama critic (Broadway theater namesake). [1]

November 30

• Birth of Ture Rangstrom Stockholm Sweden, composer/critic (Kronbruden). [1]

December 2

• Birth of Warren William [Krech] Aitkin Minnesota; actor (Cæsar-Cleopatra, Morgan-Go West Young Man). [1]

December 7

• Birth of Stuart Davis US painter. [1]

December 8

• Birth of James (Grover) Thurber Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women and Dogs). [1]

December 9

• Birth of Eddie Dowling Woonsocket Rhode Island; actor (Anywhere USA). [1]

December 10

• Birth of Earnest Haenchen German new testament expert. [1]
• Birth of Gertrud Kolmar writer. [1]
• Birth of Paul Dessau composer. [1]

December 11

• Birth of Eddie Dowling Woonsocket Rhode Island, composer (Anywhere USA). [1]

December 14

• Birth of Joaquin Zamacois Soler composer. [1]

December 17

• Birth of Arthur Fiedler Boston Massachusetts, conductor (Boston Pops). [1]
• Birth of Hans Henny Jahnn writer. [1]
• Birth of Hans [Henry] Kramers Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics). [1]
• Birth of Willem Schermerhorn Netherlands premier (1945-46). [1]

December 19

• Birth of Ford C Frick baseball commissioner (1951-65). [1]
• Birth of Paul Dessau Hamburg Germany, composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33). [1]
• Birth of Yoshida Isoya Tokyo Japan, architect (modern sukiya style). [1]

December 20

• Birth of Sir Robert Menzies Australian Prime Minister (1939-41, 1949-66). [1]

December 23

• Birth of Arthur Gilligan cricketer (England captain in 1920s). [1]

December 24

• Birth of Georges Guynemer French WWI pilot. [1]

December 26

• Birth of Antonio Molina composer. [1]

December 28

• Birth of André de Meulemeester Belgian WWI pilot (Eagle of Flanders). [1]
• Birth of Ed Healey NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears). [1]

December 31

• Birth of Ernest John Moeran British composer. [1]
• Birth of Pola Negri [Barbara A Chalupiec] Polish/US actress (Madame Dubarry). [1]